Bolivia President's Plane Blocked Amid Speculation About Snowden

By

Santiago Pérez and

José de Córdoba

Updated July 3, 2013 2:54 a.m. ET

Bolivia said Tuesday that a plane carrying President Evo Morales home from Moscow was forced to land in Austria after France and Portugal denied permission for it to enter their airspace, amid speculation that he could be carrying National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca denied at a news conference in Bolivia's capital La Paz that Mr. Snowden was on board. He said having him on the...